Range Stove Inspection Sussex
Your range cooker is the heart of your home — a precision-engineered appliance built to last a lifetime. Whether you own an AGA, Rayburn, Stanley, Esse, or Rangemaster, keeping it running safely and efficiently requires regular professional attention. Van Dyke provides range cooker inspection across Sussex, ensuring your appliance stays clean, safe, and performing at its best all year round.
Ensure your stove stays clean, safe, and performing at its best.
Range cookers burn continuously or near-continuously, which means their flue systems accumulate soot, tar deposits, and combustion debris far more quickly than an occasional-use open fire. Over time, this build-up reduces efficiency and increases fuel consumption. A neglected flue is also a direct fire risk — and a blocked or deteriorating flue liner can allow dangerous levels of carbon monoxide into your home, a colourless and odourless gas impossible to detect without a working alarm.
Annual range cooker inspection isn’t just good practice — for many owners it’s a condition of their home insurance policy. Some manufacturers also recommend annual inspection to maintain warranty terms. Pete brings the same meticulous care to every visit across Brighton, Hove, and Sussex, whether your appliance is oil-fired, gas, or solid fuel.
What’s included in every range cooker inspection
- Full flue sweep and inspection
- Removal of soot, tar, and combustion deposits
- Flue liner condition check
- Inspection of seals, joints, and combustion chamber
- Draught and ventilation assessment
- Written report on completion
- Advice on any remedial work required
All work is carried out to national standards. On completion you receive a full written inspection report — a useful document for your insurer, your landlord, or if you’re planning to sell the property. To book a range cooker inspection across Sussex, contact Pete at Van Dyke — appointments are available throughout the year and most bookings confirmed within a few days of your enquiry.